The 39-year-old initially reacted calmly, knelt on the ground to recover from the shock and maneuvered the container over the gang onto the edge of the field. The game was immediately interrupted by referee Benjamin Cortus, who rushed over to his colleague and conferred with him.
Shortly thereafter, the referees and teams left the field and went to the cabins. Previously, several Bochum players had talked furiously to the block from which the projectile flew. However, it didn’t help, the game was stopped after about 15 minutes of interruption.
Great sporting scope
Gladbach will probably win the game at the green table, but the guests also had the best sporting chances of victory at the time of the demolition. At the time of the Becher scandal, Borussia were 2-0 up thanks to goals from Alassane Plea (55′) and Breel Embolo (61′).
With a win, the team of Adi Hütter, who had to be replaced by his assistant coach Christian Peintinger for the second time due to his corona infection, would move up to Bochum (32 points) in the table with 33 points.
Bochum to Sinsheim, Gladbach to Mainz
Bochum will continue next week on Saturday (March 26th, 2022) with an away game at Champions League aspirant 1899 Hoffenheim. Gladbach meets Mainz 05 at their own stadium a day later.
Source: sid/dpa/red